Comparing working conditions and job satisfaction in hospitality workers across Europe

Job satisfaction is important in the tourism sector since workers’ satisfaction is key to providing high-quality service, which is very important in determining organizational success. The working conditions that influence job satisfaction depend to a large extent on the institutional context, which...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Díaz-Carrión, Rosalía, Navajas-Romero, Virginia, Casas-Rosal, José Carlos
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/103412
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/103412
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102631
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Hospitality sector
Working conditions
Job satisfaction
Europe
Institutional context
Descrição
Resumo:Job satisfaction is important in the tourism sector since workers’ satisfaction is key to providing high-quality service, which is very important in determining organizational success. The working conditions that influence job satisfaction depend to a large extent on the institutional context, which shows similarities in some European countries. This research aims to compare working conditions and job satisfaction among European country blocks that have similar institutional characteristics. Unlike previous studies, this research adopts a compre-hensive approach by considering institutional and organizational factors in the analysis of employees’ percep-tions of job satisfaction. The sample is made up of 1633 workers in 16 European countries. The results de-monstrate the existence of three different models of working conditions in Europe leading to differing levels of job satisfaction in tourism. These models do not correspond to the clusters identified by the previous literature, which adopts an institutional perspective.